While there is always much guessing
around the arrival of any new royal Cambridge baby, some things are
certain. One is that we’ll all be looking at the Duchess of
Cambridge walking out of the Lindo Wing with her newest arrival in
her arms wondering how on earth she looks…
The only daughter of the Queen and the
Duke of Edinburgh is known for her down to earth, no-nonsense
approach to life and in many ways, the flowers chosen by Princess
Anne for her wedding in 1973 to Captain Mark Phillips were that
attitude in petal form. As she became the…
There are currently 23 official members
of the British Royal Family who hold royal titles. However, there
are only two members out of 23 who don’t have their profiles on the
official royal website, and these are Princess Beatrice and
Princess Eugenie. Princess Beatrice and…
A chance glance upon an entry in an
exhibition catalogue from 2004 immediately attracted my interest
because it related to samples of wallpaper for the Alexander
Palace, the private residence of Tsar Nicholas II and his family,
in Tsarskoe Selo. I knew the last Tsarina had chosen ‘English’
chintzes for some of the furnishings of the palatial home they came
to love, but I had never found the…
Well, we weren’t expecting that. After
much speculation and endless guessing, the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge went and surprised everyone by picking the
name Louis for their third child. The little
prince’s first name has been pretty well used amongst the…
White Lodge is a former royal residence,
situated deep within Richmond Park. But its location can
momentarily confuse. Richmond Palace was, of course, one of the
most important palaces of the Tudor dynasty and is consequently far
better known; although the building was not within Richmond Park
itself, nor even adjacent to it, being roughly a mile away.
Richmond Palace was rebuilt by Henry VII on…
